Comments on: The Athletics are likely to sign Manny Ramirez before spring traininghttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/the-athletics-are-likely-to-sign-manny-ramirez-before-spring-training/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:33:04 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: mtm1321http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/15/the-athletics-are-likely-to-sign-manny-ramirez-before-spring-training/comment-page-1/#comment-260641
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:55:10 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-260641Boo. Keep him out of baseball. Whether he used steroids or not who cares, he’s a quitter which is worse.
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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:02:08 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-260116All I can say is good luck Oakland,you’re gonna nees it!!!!
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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:49:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-260002Lightning in a needle Craig? .. maybe needle fits better than bottle.
Manny can no longer catcher lightning in a starter’s arm. His bat couldn’t keep up almost 1-1/2 seasons ago. So now’s his bat is faster as he nears 40/…. PASS Oakland.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:42:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259968I absolutely LOATHE Manny Ramirez and I do not want to see him wear an A’s jersey at all. I don’t care if he hits .351/.457/.697 for us(well them w/e) I will not cheer for that POS.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:17:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259949Manny’s NOT a club house cancer? Really?
Ask any Red Sox fan, player, staff member, Front Office worker, media member.
Ask about his fight with Youkilis. Ask about his tussles with other players. Ask about his knocking down the old man traveling secretary over some tickets. Ask about his complaining about a knee being in pain and not being able to play and then forgetting which knee was in question. Ask about his quitting on his team time after time. Ask about his being caught juicing. Not once. Not twice, but three times!
The best that can be said about Manny, IMHO, is that he is intellectually challenged. Or stupid, if you’d prefer. The worst that can be said, again IMHO, is that he is the epitome of a club house cancer.
Oh, sure, he could hit. Was very instrumental in two WS for the Red Sox. But, . . .
Hey, Oakland, go for it. Can’t think of any other team I’d rather see get this psycho. Well, maybe the Yankees.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:05:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259943Cool,by mid season when the A’s are already out of the playoff race at least they can say”hey we have Manny,come watch him!”
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259891No problems here. Not a Sox fan, anyway. But that’s kind of my point. Once you got to the last couple of years in Boston, then LA, then TB, the wheels came off. He probably was a pretty good teammate for some period of time, but he clearly got tired of that. A bunch of vets could handle it if he also hits. Not so much a rebuilding team.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:15:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259886Forgive me if I don’t eat up every bit of information the Boston media feeds us…
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:50:16 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259872He’s great until he isn’t, then he is pushing old men down, dogging on the job, and quitting suddenly.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:59:10 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259840PED user, yes, but a clubhouse cancer? Everything I’ve read about Manny says he’s a) loved by his teammates, and b) one of the hardest working guys out there. I think a hard-working and well-liked player atoning for his mistakes Is a positive influence on younger players…

Further, he was instrumental in two world championships, and his teams have been to the playoffs 11 times in 19 seasons, so I don’t see any evidence that he was/is a cancer.

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:39:24 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259768The subject line for the e-mail I received which contained the link to this article said “ManRam Signing Imminent”. Imminent nothing. Then I read the Slusser article, and even “likely” is a stretch. The A’s aren’t signing shit.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:54:33 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259742Should be a fun sideshow for a couple weeks. But he won’t do anything, and will probably retire again before the season is over.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259725“Nearly-free offense, at least potentially, and for at least part of the season following Ramirez serving his suspension.”

Good lord.. Are there no proofreaders here?

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259708You are a Yankee fan. Your team has 27 World Series. Time to move on and seek help. You and bozo should start a support group.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:55:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259703Why not? I would think probably because he such a clubhouse cancer. I’m not sure I would let Manny around my young players without court-supervised visitation.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:41:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259697i like the potential signing. the A’s are pretty awful and could any cheap help they can get. ^^monkey u sound lost
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:41:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259698i like the potential signing. the A’s are pretty awful and could any cheap help they can get. ^^monkey u sound lost
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:24:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112321#comment-259692Yeah, lightning in a bottle until he gets caught juicing again. But that’s just Manny being Manny. Someone should tell him he’s not on the Red Sox anymore- he no longer falls under Selig’s umbrella of protection. And if there’s another investigation, I’m pretty sure Selig won’t be naming anyone from the A’s Board of Directors to head it.
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